History

LAKEHILLS, TEXAS. Lakehills, also known as Upper Medina Lake, is on Park Road 37 eight miles south of Bandera Falls in southeastern Bandera County. County road improvements that began in the late 1930s were delayed by World War II, and as a result, development of the area did not really begin until the 1950s. The community was known as Upper Medina Lake until a post office substation was established there in the early 1960s. The Lakehills station was operated as a contract post office, supervised by the postmaster at Pipe Creek. The population of Lakehills in the mid-1970s was reported as 300. By the early 1990s it had risen to 2,239. The population grew to 4,668 by 2000.

Lakehills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bandera County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,668 at the 2000 census.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 4,668 people, 1,874 households, and 1,330 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 154.1 people per square mile (59.5/km²). There were 2,807 housing units at an average density of 92.7/sq mi (35.8/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.04% White, 0.43% African American, 0.75% Native American, 0.28% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 3.58% from other races, and 1.86% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.90% of the population.

There were 1,874 households out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.9% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.0% were non-families. 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 28.2% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 100.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $42,964, and the median income for a family was $49,464. Males had a median income of $32,444 versus $26,158 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $21,100. About 7.8% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.9% of those under age 18 and 3.6% of those ages 65 or over.

Geography

Lakehills is located at 29°35′51″N 98°56′48″W / 29.5975, -98.94667 (29.597381, -98.946606) This is 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Bandera and 30 miles (48 km) west of San Antonio, on Medina Lake.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 34.4 square miles (89.0 km²), of which, 30.3 square miles (78.5 km²) of it is land and 4.1 square miles (10.6 km²) of it (11.87%) is water.

Education

Lakehills is served by the Bandera Independent School District.

Alkek Elementary School

Hill Country Elementary School

Bandera Middle School

Bandera High School

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